The leaders of the world's national anti-doping organisations (NADOs) met today in Bonn, Germany, where they called on the World Anti-Doping Organisation and the International Olympic Commitee to separate themselves and form a truly independent body to fight doping in sports.
"Athletes want to compete clean and win," they said in a joint statement. "We must restore confidence that anti-doping efforts truly protect the rights of clean athletes, as well as the public's desire for a fair and level playing field.
"All of the reforms agreed upon today, especially ensuring sport interests do not influence the global regulator - WADA - will help to better protect the rights of clean athletes and uphold a level playing field."
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The leaders acknowledged a value in collaborations between sports federations and anti-doping agencies for "education, funding and intelligence sharing", they called for key reforms to the WADA Governance model to separate investigatory, testing and results management from sports organisations.
"This will prevent the inherent conflict of interest that exists when a sports organisation is tasked with both promoting and policing itself."
The recommendations were endorsed by NADO leaders from Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kindom and United States, as well as the Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations.
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